Vanity: Would Ted Cruz Be Eligible For POTUS During The Time Of Our Founding Fathers

Me | 01/11/2016 | PJBankard

[PJBankard]

Based on the current knowledge of Ted Cruz's citizenship, would Ted Cruz be considered eligible for the presidency at the time of our Founding Fathers (1788 - 1840).

Facts About Ted Cruz:
1) Mother was U.S. Citizen
2) Father was a foreign Citizen
3) Born in Foreign Country (Canada was a British Colony at the time)
4) Held Dual Citizenship

On July 25, 1787, John Jay wrote to George Washington, presiding officer of the Convention:

Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government, and to declare expressly that the Command in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen.

While the Committee on Detail originally proposed that the President must be merely a citizen as well as a resident for 21 years, the Committee of Eleven changed "citizen" to "natural born citizen" without recorded explanation after receiving Jay's letter. The Convention accepted the change without further recorded debate.

[PJBankard]

Titles can only be so long. Did you bother reading anything other than the title?

[Sacajaweau]

You have to look at all the candidates for the first election. It was custom made and they would all have to qualify.

All were born in THIS country and they would additionally have to take an oath of allegiance since they had been British subjects. Heck...Washington was a soldier in the British Army early on.

I always wonder why Hamilton never ran for President. Fact: He was born in the West Indies.